CFS: Innovation, Global Health

Call for Papers: Technology and Innovation- Proceedings of the National Academy of Inventors, SPECIAL ISSUE: Innovative Research in GlobalHealth

We are currently soliciting manuscripts for a special issue on innovative studies on global health. Technology and Innovation presents information encompassing the entire field of applied sciences with a focus on transformative technology and academic innovation, and welcomes manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence. We publish original articles in basic and applied research, critical reviews, surveys, opinions, commentaries, essays, and patent and book reviews of interest to our readers. For this special issue, contributions containing the following information will be considered for publication:

Critical assessments of global health issues and practices

Description of advances in transformative technology and translational science

Economics of a technology, governmental and policy action in issues related to health and medicine

The relationship between international and national health policies and the environment

Analyses of the distribution and access to medical technology in different geographical contexts

Articles discussing the process of innovation and invention in the creation of medical technologies, interventions, or government health policies

Articles on the historical, societal, and ethical aspects of medicine or public health

The deadline for the submission of full manuscripts is August 29th, 2011. Articles for the journal are generally written for a multidisciplinary audience. All submissions should meet Technology and Innovation author instructions in the journal’s Aims and Scope available at: http://academyofinventors.org/publications.php

All submitted articles will be peer reviewed. Graduate students are welcome to submit articles for consideration. If you have questions orwould like to submit a manuscript please contact the editorial assistant Cecilia Vindrola Padros at (813) 974-1347 or TIJournal@research.usf.edu . Technology and Innovation is published by Cognizant Communication Corporation: https://www.cognizantcommunication.com/